39 Annual Report of the Barking and Dagenham Youth Forum 2007/08 PDF 49 KB
Members of the Youth Forum will attend to present the report.
Minutes:
The Corporate Director for Resources introduced the report as set out in the agenda.
The Young People’s Forum was represented by three of its members, they were: Danielle Waynwright, a member for three years, Sally Anne Sindrey, a member for one year and Jeremy Morrison, also a member for one year. They spoke of their support and fondness for the youth forum, their comments are summarised as follows:
In response to questions, Jeremy Morrison reported that an existing project was aimed at canvassing young people’s views on what facilities could be improved for young people.
Sally Ann Sindrey opposed the idea of curtailing the free oyster pass for young people. She said that it would not be fair to punish all young people when there was no hard evidence to support the allegation that all criminal activities on London transport were being committed by young people. The forum members also voiced their support for free leisure passes to be offered for the elderly.
Danielle Waynwight suggested that free leisure passes would be a popular scheme among young people. Free swimming had been a success to a certain extent however, the leisure centres were struggling to cope with the demand which meant that users were allocated limited times in swimming pools and she personally felt, therefore, that the scheme had had a detrimental effect.